Washing-machine



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WASHING MACHINE,

No. 530,854. Patented Dec. 11, 1894.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PRESSLEY JOHN RUSSELL AND LOUIS DE vAux, OF-MARYVILLE, MISSOURI.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 530,854, dated December11, 1894.

Application filed August 1,1894- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PRESSLEY JOHN RUS- SELL and LOUIS DE VAUX, citizensof the United States of America, residing at Maryville, in the county ofNodaway and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is aspecification.

Our invention relates to washing machines of that class in which anouter receptacle is provided for holding the water and an innerreceptacle to contain the clothes to be washed,

- adapted to rotate inside the outer receptacle,

receptacle being secured to the shaft the water being heated in aseparate boiler and let into the outer receptacle through a pipecommunicating with an opening therein by a hose.

The clothes are washed by the circulation of the water caused byrotating the inner receptacle, openings being provided for the ad-,mission of water in the periphery of said receptacle.

The object of the invention is to improve the general construction ofthe washing machine and to this end the invention consists of thedetails of construction as will be described hereinafter andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1, is a side elevation of thewashing machine, parts of the outer receptacle being broken away. Fig.2, is a plan View with the top of the outer receptacle removed. Figs. 3and 4 are detail views of the clothes receptacle.

The outer receptacle 1 is provided with an inlet 2 for the entrance ofwater or steam. The receptacle is connected to a separate boiler, by ahose secured to the boiler and to said inlet. The receptacle 1 has aremovable cover 3 that fits into the lower part, a flange around thecover resting on the upper edge of the lower part. Within the receptacle1 is journaled the clothes receptacle 4, said clothes that has bearingin the receptacle 1." Thes bearings are at the junction of the bottom ofsaid receptacle and the cover. One end of the shaft 5 extends out beyondthe side of the outer receptacle and is provided with a crank to rotatethe receptacle 4. This receptacle is formed of two sections, one ofwhich is smaller than the'other, and serves as a cover, being Serial No.519,208- (No model.)

hinged to the larger section at 6, a catch 7 holding the sectionstogether.

Around the periphery of the smaller receptacle and extending entirelyacross the same are several openings 8 placed at regular intervalsformed by bending the metal of the periphery inward thus making thesmall partitions 7 On each side of the periphery at the joint of the topand bottom sections, a small slot or opening b is left and just abovethis in the smaller section or top is a slot 0. These correspond to theopenings 8, except that they are without the partition 7.

Flaps 9 are hung in each of the openings 8, and these flaps are pivotedto each side of the receptacle; Between every two of the openings 8 inthe periphery of said receptacle 4 are circular openings 10 that areprovided with guardsll secured to the inside of said receptacle, whichserve to keep the clothes contained therein from blocking said opening,and allow the free ingress and egress of the waterat all times.

In operation the clothes are placed within the receptacle 4 and the topshut down and fastened. The cover 3 is now shut down and the hot wateror steam allowed to enter. The inner receptacle is then rotated by meansof the crank mentioned and the water enters the openings in theperiphery of said receptacle, being agitated meanwhile by the flaps 8.The hot water circulating through the clothes soon cleanses them of alldirt when they may be removed by lifting the top of the two receptacleswithout disturbing the relative position of either.

We claim- In combination with the water receptacle,

the clothes receptacle journaled therein having elongated openings inits periphery, flanges extending radially inward'from the edges of saidopenings, and the flaps pivoted centrally of the openings and extendinginward beyond the flanges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

PRESSLEY JOHN RUSSELL. LOUIS DE VAUX. Witnesses:

W. H. RYER, HENRY TOEL.

